 ASHEVILLE, NC (April 12, 2017 Press Release) Refuge means different things to different people but to NC native Aaron Burdett it means playing music. His latest album, Refuge, tells the story of a working man's life in the heart of the North Carolina mountains, where fierce independence and self-sufficiency co-exist with a strong sense of family and community. Aaron's music doesn't exist in the past, but is rather a modern-day storytelling of how southern Appalachian mountain culture, and the people who hold onto it, struggle to survive in today's fast-paced world.
Available at Organic, iTunes, and Amazon. For more on the artist, visit: www.aaronburdett.com Who doesn’t like to see the good guy finish first? Taking a leap of faith Aaron went all in on his latest album Refuge. This marks his seventh album and his third with Organic Records. Digging deep for relatable and personal lyrics, heartbreaking beautiful melodies, bending genres from Americana, folk-rock, bluegrass, blues and country - this is a glimpse of who he is. His production ranges from stripped down to raucous. Aaron can turn a phrase with the best and his voice will stand the test of time as one of the most distinctive to come from NC.
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 Courtesy of CornMGMT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) – Singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith debuts All the Way to Tacoma, a documentary which follows her 3,000-mile train trip from Memphis to Tacoma, during the Nashville Film Festival Friday, April 21 (8:30 PM/CT) and Tuesday, April 25 (8:30 PM/CT).
Shot last spring by director/cinematographer Justin Key the documentary follows Smith on a cross-country trip on an Amtrak train joined by fellow Nashville-based writers Ruston Kelly, Bob DiPiero, Paul Moak whose work has appeared on numerous Platinum and Gold albums and been featured on hit T.V. shows such as, “Nashville,” “One Tree Hill” and “Pretty Little Liars” and Rollie Gaalswyk. “Working with Caitlyn on this project was an incredible moment in my life,” said Key, who edited the documentary and produced the work with Shea Fowler. “Piecing together this film can only scratch the surface of how amazingly talented she is.”  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Press Release) — For more than three decades, Flat Duo Jets have been the American rock underground’s secret, as hugely influential among musicians as they are obscure to the broader mainstream. And much of the Jets’ reputation is based on their first full-length album, the roots-rock landmark Flat Duo Jets, originally released on Dog Gone Records in 1990 — and coming back into circulation as a three-disc vinyl box set, Wild Wild Love, to be released by Daniel 13 on Record Store Day, April 22, 2017.
Singer/guitarist Dexter Romweber and drummer Chris “Crow” Smith were still teenagers when they formed Flat Duo Jets in Chapel Hill in 1984. Inspired in equal measure by the Cramps’ haunted rockabilly and vintage drive-in horror movies, they cooked up a metallic version of rockabilly that sounded as if it had been launched into the deepest quadrants of the astral plane.  Courtesy: Rock Ridge Music Song from EP, “Please Don’t Turn Out My Light,” featured in Coca-Cola/Regal Cinemas promo in 2016
(Press Release) New York City-based 22-year-old singer-songwriter Chris Wills is set to release he debut EP, This Place Ain’t For Me, on August 11, 2017. Produced by Grammy-nominated engineer Koby Hass (who has produced or engineered for Matt McAndrew, Mali Music and Lupe Fiasco's Lasers, Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul Simon, and Lady Gaga), This Place Ain’t For Me packs a lifetime’s worth of experiences into six songs. Three of the tracks will be released as singles in advance of the EP. “Nowhere To Go” streets on May 12th, the title track, “This Place Ain’t For Me,” hits June 9th, and “Since You Said Goodbye” will come out July 14th. Great songwriting is at the core of who Chris Wills is. As he explains, in the lyrics for “Since You Said Goodbye,” he attempts to express the sense of longing and desperation found in, say, Roy Orbison gems like “Only the Lonely,” “Crying” and “I’m Hurtin’.” Sonically, the song channels the feel of some great Irish acts like The Waterboys, Hothouse Flowers, and Glen Hansard of Once fame. Wills, a New Jersey native, struck gold when his song and accompanying short film, “Please Don't Turn Out My Light,” was selected as the winner of the Refreshing Films Program run by Coca-Cola and Regal Cinemas – the clip was shown nationwide in Regal Theaters for three months (October to December) in 2016. Coke/Regal got a number of different treatments, picked three finalists, and gave each of the three teams $15,000 to make an ad. Wills’ ad – created with the help of a director – was selected as the winner from among the finalists. The ad has no dialogue so his song was used to portray the dynamics between the two main characters in the clip.  Nashville, TN - - - (Press Release, April 12, 2017 ) Fans who have waited nearly 10 years for a new solo project by one of the most meaningful musical voices in Americana and Country music can stop counting the days. Not only is Bruce Robison & the Back Porch Band available on April 28, it is available now for pre-order through Apple Music and comes with an instant download of “Sweet Dreams,” which features Robison’s wife Kelly Willis.
“I figured out a long time ago that Kelly is the key to my music,” Robison said. “And when she sings, she changes the melody; and I’m counting on her to do that. I see myself just as a songwriter and she’s a vocal stylist, and someone who just kind of takes a song on within themselves like the great singers do. And she’ll – without even thinking about it – she’ll just change it up and sing it like it ought to be.” A collaborator in life and the studio, Robison and Willis released two well-received duet albums including Cheater’s Game (2013) and Our Year (2014), but it has been nine years since Robison released a solo studio project, The New World (2008).  (Press Release) Country music and patriotism have always gone hand in hand. American anthems have been a fan-favorite for decades now and new country artist Tony McKee continues to push those boundaries with the release of his new single, Problem With Me (featuring Eric Lee Beddingfield). Fans can download the song now on iTunes and all digital platforms April 7, 2017)
Produced by Eric Lee Beddingfield and co-written by McKee and Rob Crosby (Martina McBride, Lee Brice, Brooks & Dunn, etc), Problem With Me is the first release off McKee’s self-titled album, which will be released Fall 2017.  Courtesy: Aristo PR (Nashville, Tenn. -- April 11, 2017 Press Release) -- Ana Cristina Cash will perform material from her recent release, The Tough Love EP, tomorrow, Wednesday, April 12th on Music City Roots -- Live from The Factory. The doors to the venue will open at 6 p.m., with the show to begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase onsite or online. For those unable to attend, a live broadcast is will air via www.musiccityroots.com/livestream.
Released on March 14th, The Tough Love EP showcases Cash's vocal range with brilliant ease and rootsy soul. The title-track, “Tough Love Woman,” written with master songwriter Shawn Camp, displays the seductive energy, distinct creativity, and empowering voice that Cash acquires as an artist. Another track on the project is a unique interpretation of John Anderson’s “Seminole Wind” that was exclusively featured via Country Rebel.  Courtesy: Q Prime (Press Release) Today Dawes announce new dates on their current North American tour, including stops in Denver, Milwaukee, Fargo, Bloomington, and Detroit (full dates below). Billed as “An Evening With Dawes,” each night of the tour will feature two sets of new songs and fan-favorites. You can read more about the tour in an interview with singer-songwriter, Taylor Goldsmith at Billboard. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
Dawes’s latest single, “Roll With The Punches,” has officially broken into the top 20 on Triple A’s Radio Chart, and the band recently appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to perform the song. The band was also a guest on Andrew Bird’s Live from the Great Room Facebook Live performance series, where Dawes and Bird performed songs from both their respective catalogues.  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) — Amy Black has always been drawn to soul singers. But it wasn’t until she began exploring her own southern roots for her last album, The Muscle Shoals Sessions, that she found her musical sweet spot — and knew her next stop had to be the place where blues and soul converge (and where she herself was conceived); where Al Green, Otis Redding and so many others spun grit and groove into some of the world’s most beloved tunes. So she traveled from her Nashville home to Soulsville U.S.A. and joined forces with several top musical architects to lay down the sound she was meant to make — the sound of Memphis.
 (Nashville, Tenn. – April 10, 2017 Press Release)— The latest in the hit Country Faith music series, Country Faith America, will release on May 19. The release will mark the fifth album in the series that has accumulated $1.6 million in sales to date.
The full-length studio album consisting of country music’s biggest stars and their best patriotic hits will be exclusively released through Cracker Barrel’s 639 locations as well as digital outlets such as iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon and Spotify available through Curb Records and Word Entertainment. “I’m so excited about this collection of songs on Country Faith America,” says Deborah Evans Price, founding member of the series and A&R curator. “The album opens with ‘Country Nation,’ Brad Paisley’s upbeat anthem, and the project continues with songs that spotlight faith and patriotism such as Brooks & Dunn’s ‘Only In America,’ Big & Rich’s poignant ‘8th of November,’ and new traditionalist Shane Owens’ ‘19.’ I think listeners will find a great deal of comfort and spirit through these powerful songs.” |
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